1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

So I found that some people who worked on my AMG in the past were not

Turns out the dowels are impossible to find. All online resources mention that you mush have them to get the timing right.... I think they are part of the head assembly and not an individual part number, so that's not going to work as new heads are a few grand a piece. I guess I better make my own. Project is at a stand still due to a couple $0.10 parts.

 

Can't get a buddy to run a new set on a lathe for ya?

 

Time for a Honda Fit

 

The LX470 running premium and weighing 7,200 lbs with Mud Tires would get 16.5 MPG on I40 coming back from Colorado. Really not much difference between it and the Tacoma.

 

The 5 speed ones should be even better too. I have my eye on a 100, but the starter location and cracking exhaust manifolds give me pause. I’m not sure how well they’d do in the mud either, being so heavy. They seem perfect for a trip to Colorado though.

 

What's wrong with the starter and exhaust manifolds? My exhaust manifold leaks a little until it warms up.

Mud capability is all about tires.

https://youtu.be/OueHbKzDaFo

 

Apparently they’re known to crack, and it’s a $1000 job to replace them.

 

Well this is reassuring. Crankshaft position sensor did not help. I squeezed the air intake but didnt see much. Fuel pressure regulator maybe or still vacuum? I'm about to drop it off at a mechanic, shits hard with the heat and my leg

 

The LX470 never cracked. I hear it happens more on northern vehicles. Then you replace with Doug Thorley headers.

 

It did have p0420 at one point, but checked again this morning and still no pending codes. Wonder if i should take it back to the same spot and let them finish where they ended

 

Naw, not enough room

 

We can all read about issues others have, but you constantly beat it into yourself that whatever issue you've read about will affect each and every single one of those vehicles in the worst way.

 

I think you need to forget about your troubles and come down to Hot Springs for the Cruiser Crawl. There will be other 1st gen Tacomas there.

 

Some fuel lines look sus, but filter looked brand new

 

Exploring the ozarks sounds fun (beautiful scenery) but you will never catch me in what looks like a seminar full of mosquitoes and humidity

 

Naw, you'd see a leak not to mention smell fuel.

I haven't been up to speed with your diagnosis but did all vacuum lines check out? Grounds are good to go?

 

I don't start really start going out until October after the tourists and bugs have left the area.

 

I can smell fuel close to it and its rotted. I got a pic of the filter.


Ground appear good on driver side and the electricity doesnt really surge, vacuum lines seem fine other than one going into charcoal filter looks crusty

 

Of course havent smoke tested it tho, so who knows

 

I hope I can make it. I might be in the field that week.